I'm a diamond

The gems can see the pink light that surrounds him start to get closer to the door.

A large hand grabs the side of the doorframe, Steven ducking under the top of it to not hit his head.

"Ste-e-eeeee….."

Pearl was both confused, concerned, and astonished at the same time. He looked like pink.

"Steven….. what happened?"

Garnet asks.

"I-I'm sorry you guys, I shouldn't have run away like that, I just went to the beta kindergarten, and saw bluebird, and Jasper, corrupting again…."

"We know, Jasper told us everything."

Amethyst says.

"Oh, ok."

Steven replies.

Pearl, still trying to pull herself together, asks

"S-so, Steven? Uhhhh, h-h-how long do you plan to…. uhhhh, well, stay like this?"

"I don't really know how to turn it off…."

Steven replies, a slightly embarrassed look on his face.

"I'm sure we'll figure it out, for now we need to finish the story…. My future vision needs a path to go off of, and without the full story-"

"I'd have to guess a lot of the futures are bad?"

Steven cuts her off.

"Yes."

Garnet replies, looking at him like she knows he knows something.

"Hey Steven? Can we talk to you in private?"

Pearl and Jasper ask.

"Uhh, sure? One second Garnet, I will be right back."

They enter stevens bedroom

"Steven…. I know you're lying."

Pearl says

"I d-I don't think I know what you're talking about…."

Steven replies nervously

"Steven, I'm a pearl, meaning I have knowledge of everything gem related, and from looking at Jasper and you, something tells me you aren't telling the truth."

"Bluebird really was at the beta kindergarten though! And I did… corrupt… a second… time…"

Says Jasper, trying to help out Steven.

"Jasper, you don't need to lie for him, your corruption scars would be more dominant, not reduced, and I know you refuse to go to the diamonds for assistance."

Pearl says, a more serious tone in her voice than normal.

"I'm going to go down and ask Amethyst and Garnet a few things, ok?"

"Ok"

Steven says

*I need to think for a minute… How were her scars reduced? Unless she actually went to the diamonds for help*

"Hmm?"

Steven Questions

"Yes?"

Jasper replies

"I can hear pearl, but she's all the way downstairs…"

Steven says.

"Well, if I'm recalling correctly, your mother had the power to connect to others, and I'm pretty sure you do too."

Says Jasper.

"That only works when I'm asleep though."

"Well, from the looks of it your powers are amplified right now, so maybe you can just hear thoughts?"

"Actually, that makes a lot more sense than I thought it would."

*Shattering?*

Steven jumps at the sound of that word.

"What's wrong my diamond?"

Jasper asks.

"I think that they're onto me. We need to go, now."

"O-okay!"

They run for the warp pad.

As Steven closes the door for the greenhouse he sees pearl running and shouting.

"STEVEN WAIT!!!"

"Where are we going, my diamond?"

Steven sighs.

"I really didn't want to have it come to this… but a couple of rejuvenators, Jasper… I can't go back now…."